Salt + Watercolor Nails

Hi lovelies! A couple of days ago I saw a tutorial on how to do salt + watercolor nails on Instagram by Spektorsnails. Right when I saw it I knew I needed to try it out but didn't know what design to do with them. It wasn't until Sunday when I was at church that I got the idea (thank you Lord! haha). So when I got home from church I started drawing out the design and how the koi fish were going to look. I then realized that koi fish are a little hard to draw but I think I got it, the next problem was painting them on my nails, especially on my Cinderella hand. But I think mine aren't so bad.

Anyway, click here to watch her tutorial on YouTube. I followed that tutorial but made a couple tweaks. On her video she used a mixture of coarse and fine salt, and I used just plain rock salt. Also, instead of waiting for it to dry completely and wash it off, I decided to remove the salt with the use of pointed tweezers. But as for everything else, I followed the tutorial step by step.

I think I'm in love with how my nails look even though it's getting harder and harder to type because they're so long now. Haha. I think it took me between 3-4 hours to finish this, so I hope you like them as much as I do!

Here are the nails before the koi fish....

Bright Watercolor Flowers

Hi my loves! The other night, I wanted to do floral nails but I wasn't sure how to. So I ended up with watercolor flowers. I'm not sure what kind of flowers these are, but I just went along with it. Also, I recently bought nail art brushes on eBay because my cleanup brush was way too big and I tried to use the elf Concealer brush but it was horrible and got ruined almost immediately. If you'd like to check out the cleanup brushes I got, click here. Anyways, I hope you like these nails cause I've got a bunch of pictures of them!

Sheer Florals

I'm so happy to finally get my hands on the OPI Sheer Tints collection. When I was at BZ, I was having a hard time deciding whether I should get them or not. I knew I couldn't just choose one or two. If I were to buy them it had to be all or none, and I think that I made the right decision. A part of me was a little hesitant because for the price of all four of them, I could've bought 7 China Glaze of Color Club polishes, but no regrets. I love how these polishes look and the possibilities are endless! I can't wait to keep trying and find out what else they have to offer.

Here's the first mani I've done since I got it and I'm not sure if I'm in love with them but it's okay. I'm limiting myself to doing my nails at least every 3 days. It's getting really bad to where I paint them almost every day. I need to control myself! Haha.

Mr. Candiipants' Ferny Fronds

Hi guys! Today I have for you my attempt at recreating Mr. Candiipants' ferny fronds nail art. I really love the way she does them, but every time I give it a try it never looks like hers. I can never get the leaves right, it's so frustrating. So I had these nails for approximately a day and got tired of them because of how annoying the leaves looked. Anyways, I hope you like them!

Wildflowers on a Gold Field

Hi there my loves! I've been doing my nails a lot lately because I'm never satisfied with them so just take pictures of them and end up changing them after 5 minutes. Such a waste of polish, time, and effort, I know. But sometimes I just can't stand to look at them. So sad. LOL. I do like how this mani came out in pictures though. I think I like it better than in person! Haha, well I hope you like this more than I did!

Watercolor Flowers

Hello there lovelies! Today I gave watercolor flowers a shot and I think they turned out pretty well! I found a picture & a video tutorial on Instagram by @littlemisspolish. (Btw, she's amazeballs so go check her out!) So always, this mani was pretty easy and I like it because it doesn't have to be 'perfect' for it to look nice. This kind of design can be a bit messy but yet still look well done, and I love it! You don't have to make perfect lines or perfect shapes, you just kinda go with the flow of the whole wild watercolor look. Makes my life so much easier too! Haha, sorry I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to lines, not that I'm great at it. But I do try my best. Now let's move on to the pictures! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed painting them and taking pictures!

Para Para Paradise

I've always seen sunset / palm tree nails online but I've never tried them on my own. And now I can finally say that I have! After watching different tutorials on Instagram and YouTube, I've decided to give it a try and I can say that it's really not that hard! I've done gradient nails using the sponge method several times now and I always use a white base in order to allow the sponged colors to pop. But whenever I clean the cuticle area to get rid of the excess color, the white base always tends to show. So for this mani, I decided to use one of the gradient colors as a base. Although it looked better after the clean up, I noticed it was harder to sponge the gradient onto my nails because the orange-y shade didn't show very well. I had to use 2 different shades of orange polish to get the color that I wanted, and I thought that was a bit of a waste of polish. But it turned out pretty good, so I shouldn't complain. LOL